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The President, who heads the executive branch of the US government, appoints the ambassadors. The Senate must approve his choices.
The appointment power has become one of the chief powers of the President.
The president.
President
The president is the officer of the US government that recognizes the government of other nations. The president also appoints ambassadors to represent the US in the recognized nations. The US Senate approves the appointment.
The President has these powers. These powers are granted to to him and him alone by the Constitution.
The President of the U.S.
The president nominates the ambassadors. He or she also nominates public ministers or other officers of the U.S
The president has the power but must get approval from congress.
The president has the power but must get approval from congress.
Serves as the President's principal adviser on U.S. foreign policy;Conducts negotiations relating to U.S. foreign affairs;Grants and issues passports to American citizens and exequaturs to foreign consuls in the United States;Advises the President on the appointment of U.S. ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other diplomatic representatives;
The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 states in part that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments."